River civilization

A river civilization or river culture is an agricultural nation or civilization at a river. River civilizations are civilizations based around rivers. Some common examples are Ancient Egypt (Nile), the fertile crescent (Tigris/Euphrates), Ancient China (Yellow River) and Ancient India (Indus).

Rivers provide a steady supply of drinking water. It also makes the land fertile for growing crops. Moreover, goods and people could be transported easily, and the people in these civilizations could hunt the animals that came to drink water. Also, they could catch fish in the rivers.

In addition, survival techniques call for those lost in the wilderness to return to civilization by travelling downstream, where centers of human population tend to concentrate.

See also

• Hydraulic empire
• Irrigation
• Indus Valley Civilization

References

• Clayton, Peter A. & Dent, John (1973). The Ancient River Civilizations: Western Man & the Modern World. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-017209-5

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